Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO of the charity Veterans Aid, has been appointed Honorary Professor in Social Work at the University of East Anglia.
The appointment, within the School of Social Work, acknowledges his significant role in raising the profile of veterans’ issues and wellbeing in the academic community.
Dr Milroy said,
“I am delighted to have been honoured in this way within a School that I regard very much as my academic ‘home’. UEA has a long history of being at the very pinnacle of social work training and research and the platform provided by this appointment will hopefully allow me to bring its influence to a much wider audience. These are challenging times, and it has never been more important to equip our future social work leaders with ‘facts rather than fictions’ about the UK’s diverse ex-service community.”
Professor Christine Cocker, Head of the School of Social Work at UEA said,
“UEA is very pleased to offer Dr Milroy this Honorary Professorship. Throughout his career Dr Milroy has embraced the motto of the university, to ‘do different’. We look forward to working closely with Dr Milroy and Veterans Aid to undertake further research within the ex-service community and to teach our students about the needs of this population.”
